Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
LexisNexis4 months ago
Johannesburg, South Africa or Cape Town, South AfricaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
- Develop and support Jenkins shared libraries, pipeline templates, and reusable deployment patterns.
- Migrate legacy pipelines to standardized CI/CD approaches with clear documentation and best practices.
- Integrate automated security, quality, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines.
- Improve platform observability using OpenTelemetry or similar monitoring practices.
- Build and support Python-based tooling, packages, and automation for platform capabilities and developer experience.
- Collaborate with application teams to design CI/CD flows aligned with platform standards.
- Provide operational support for pipelines and platform components, including critical incident support.
- Mentor team members and contribute to continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
- Strong experience designing and supporting CI/CD platforms, including expertise with Jenkins and pipeline modernization.
- Strong Python skills for building reusable tooling and automation.
- Understanding of Docker, ECR, GitOps, and blue/green deployment practices.
- Experience integrating security, quality, and compliance controls into engineering workflows.
- Experience improving observability using OpenTelemetry or similar monitoring practices.
- Strong troubleshooting experience supporting platform and pipeline issues, including critical incidents.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills across global teams.
- Practical experience using AI tools in engineering workflows to improve productivity and delivery outcomes.
- Experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps.
- Exposure to Kubernetes and troubleshooting in containerized environments.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours, allowing employees to adjust their work times during the day.
- Country-specific benefits are available based on location.
- Accommodation and adjustment support is available during the hiring process.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis builds research, content, and workflow software for legal, regulatory, and business professionals, including the Lexis+ platform and AI‑assisted drafting and analytics tools. It sells subscriptions and licenses to primary law, news, and practical guidance, plus SaaS products for litigation, compliance, and practice management used by law firms, corporate legal, governments, and universities. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in New York City, it is part of RELX and serves customers in 150+ countries.